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单词 pregnancy
释义 preg·nan·cy
\-nənsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: pregnant + -cy
1.
 a. : the condition of being pregnant : the state of being with young : gestation
 b. : fertility, fruitfulness
  < pregnancy of the soil >
2.
 a. : fertility or inventiveness of mind
  < there was a depth and pregnancy in the Greek imagination — P.E.More >
 b. : significant quality : meaningfulness
  < the traditional pregnancy of all great art — C.E.Montague >
  < phrases of homely vigor or happy pregnancy — J.L.Lowes >
3. obsolete : promising quality : appearance of future usefulness or success
4. : latent potentiality : richness in possible consequence or significance
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